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(verb) : ē-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (
* Per diaeresin ēvŏlŭam, Cat. 66, 74: ēvŏlŭisse,Ov. H. 12, 4), , to roll out, roll forth; to unroll, unfold (class.).
* Lit.: (vis venti) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,Lucr. 6, 141; cf. silvas,Ov. M. 12, 519: cadavera turribus,Luc. 6, 171: montes corpore,Ov. M. 5, 355: saxa nudis lacertis,Luc. 3, 481: intestina,Cels. 7, 16 et saep.: vestes,to open, unfold,Ov. M. 6, 581: volumen epistolarum,to open,Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4: panicum furfure,i. e. to cleanse, purge,Col. 2, 9 fin.: quae postquam evolvit,unfolds, evolves,Ov. M. 1, 24 et saep.: amnis prorutam in mare evolvendo terram praealtas voragines facit,Liv. 44, 8; cf. aquas (Araxes),Curt. 5, 4, 7.
* Evolvere se, or mid. evolvi, to roll out, roll forth, glide away: evolvere posset in mare se Xanthus,discharge itself,Verg. A. 5, 807; cf.: Danubius in Pontum vastis sex fluminibus evolvitur,empties,Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 79: species (anguis) evoluta repente,Liv. 26, 19, 7: per humum evolvuntur,roll themselves along,Tac. G. 39.
* Trop.
* To unroll and read a book: evolve diligenter ejus eum librum qui est de animo,Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: volumina,Quint. 2, 15, 24: fastos,Hor. S. 1, 3, 112; Ov. F. 1, 657: versus,id. Tr. 2, 307: jocos,id. ib. 2, 238; cf. transf.: poëtas,Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf. auctores,Suet. Aug. 89: auctores penitus,Quint. 12, 2, 8: antiquitatem,Tac. Or. 29 fin.
* To draw out a thread, i. e. to spin, said of the Fates: quae seriem fatorum pollice ducunt Longaque ferratis evolvunt saecula pensis,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 53; and pregn., to spin out, i. e. to spin to an end, said of the Fates: tunc, quae dispensant mortalia fata, sorores Debuerant fusos evoluisse meos,Ov. H. 12, 4.
* To obtain, raise: in hoc triduo Aut terra aut mari alicunde aliqua evolvam argentum tibi,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 83.
* In gen.: si qui voluerit animi sui complicatam notionem evolvere, to unroll, i. e. to clear up (the figure being taken from a book), Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.: exitum criminis,id. Cael. 23: promissa evolvit somni,i. e. turns over, revolves,Sil. 3, 216; cf.: secum femineos dolos,Sen. Agam. 116: evolutus integumentis dissimulationis (with nudatus),unwrapped, stripped,Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 350: evolutus bonis,robbed,Sen. Ep. 74; cf.: sede patria rebusque summis,Tac. A. 13, 15: ex praeda clandestina,driven away,Liv. 6, 15: nullo possum remedio me evolvere ex his turbis,Ter. Ph. 5, 4, 5: se omni turba,id. Eun. 4, 4, 56.
* In partic., to unfold, disclose, narrate: naturam rerum omnium,Cic. Ac. 2, 36: oras belli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 ed. Vahl.): totam deliberationem accuratius,Cic. Att. 9, 10, 7: rem propositam,Quint. 1, 1, 20: condita pectoris,Cat. 66, 74: seriem fati,Ov. M. 15, 152: haec,Verg. G. 4, 509 et saep.; cf. with a rel.-clause, Lucr. 1, 954.
* To roll away, of time, i. e. to pass, elapse: evolutis multis diebus,Vulg. Gen. 38, 12: cum evolutus esset annus,id. 2 Par. 24, 23: evoluto tempore,id. Esth. 2, 15.
* Per diaeresin ēvŏlŭam, Cat. 66, 74: ēvŏlŭisse,Ov. H. 12, 4), , to roll out, roll forth; to unroll, unfold (class.).
* Lit.: (vis venti) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,Lucr. 6, 141; cf. silvas,Ov. M. 12, 519: cadavera turribus,Luc. 6, 171: montes corpore,Ov. M. 5, 355: saxa nudis lacertis,Luc. 3, 481: intestina,Cels. 7, 16 et saep.: vestes,to open, unfold,Ov. M. 6, 581: volumen epistolarum,to open,Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4: panicum furfure,i. e. to cleanse, purge,Col. 2, 9 fin.: quae postquam evolvit,unfolds, evolves,Ov. M. 1, 24 et saep.: amnis prorutam in mare evolvendo terram praealtas voragines facit,Liv. 44, 8; cf. aquas (Araxes),Curt. 5, 4, 7.
* Evolvere se, or mid. evolvi, to roll out, roll forth, glide away: evolvere posset in mare se Xanthus,discharge itself,Verg. A. 5, 807; cf.: Danubius in Pontum vastis sex fluminibus evolvitur,empties,Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 79: species (anguis) evoluta repente,Liv. 26, 19, 7: per humum evolvuntur,roll themselves along,Tac. G. 39.
* Trop.
* To unroll and read a book: evolve diligenter ejus eum librum qui est de animo,Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: volumina,Quint. 2, 15, 24: fastos,Hor. S. 1, 3, 112; Ov. F. 1, 657: versus,id. Tr. 2, 307: jocos,id. ib. 2, 238; cf. transf.: poëtas,Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf. auctores,Suet. Aug. 89: auctores penitus,Quint. 12, 2, 8: antiquitatem,Tac. Or. 29 fin.
* To draw out a thread, i. e. to spin, said of the Fates: quae seriem fatorum pollice ducunt Longaque ferratis evolvunt saecula pensis,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 53; and pregn., to spin out, i. e. to spin to an end, said of the Fates: tunc, quae dispensant mortalia fata, sorores Debuerant fusos evoluisse meos,Ov. H. 12, 4.
* To obtain, raise: in hoc triduo Aut terra aut mari alicunde aliqua evolvam argentum tibi,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 83.
* In gen.: si qui voluerit animi sui complicatam notionem evolvere, to unroll, i. e. to clear up (the figure being taken from a book), Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.: exitum criminis,id. Cael. 23: promissa evolvit somni,i. e. turns over, revolves,Sil. 3, 216; cf.: secum femineos dolos,Sen. Agam. 116: evolutus integumentis dissimulationis (with nudatus),unwrapped, stripped,Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 350: evolutus bonis,robbed,Sen. Ep. 74; cf.: sede patria rebusque summis,Tac. A. 13, 15: ex praeda clandestina,driven away,Liv. 6, 15: nullo possum remedio me evolvere ex his turbis,Ter. Ph. 5, 4, 5: se omni turba,id. Eun. 4, 4, 56.
* In partic., to unfold, disclose, narrate: naturam rerum omnium,Cic. Ac. 2, 36: oras belli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 ed. Vahl.): totam deliberationem accuratius,Cic. Att. 9, 10, 7: rem propositam,Quint. 1, 1, 20: condita pectoris,Cat. 66, 74: seriem fati,Ov. M. 15, 152: haec,Verg. G. 4, 509 et saep.; cf. with a rel.-clause, Lucr. 1, 954.
* To roll away, of time, i. e. to pass, elapse: evolutis multis diebus,Vulg. Gen. 38, 12: cum evolutus esset annus,id. 2 Par. 24, 23: evoluto tempore,id. Esth. 2, 15.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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